The NAD C3050 (BLUOS MDC2) Digital Amplifier pays tribute to NAD's 50-year history of innovation and value with a vintage design inspired by the NAD 3030 Stereophonic Amplifier. It features advanced technology like a Hybrid Digital UCD output stage, high-performance Texas Instruments PCM5242 differential DAC, and NAD's MDC2 future-proofing technology, as well as optional modules for expanded functionality like BluOS high-resolution multi-room streaming and Dirac Live room correction.
Paying tribute to NAD’s 50-year history of innovation and value, the C 3050’s vintage design was inspired by the NAD 3030 Stereophonic Amplifier, a 1970s classic. Retro design elements include dual VU meters, push-button input selectors, a walnut-finished vinyl-clad cabinet, and a dark grey front panel with the original New Acoustic Dimension logo in its 1970s cursive typeface. Underneath its vintage-inspired exterior are advanced features like a Hybrid Digital UCD output stage, high-performance Texas Instruments PCM5242 differential DAC, and NAD’s MDC2 future-proofing technology. Listeners can add exciting new capabilities like BluOS high-resolution multi-room streaming and Dirac Live room correction to the C 3050 by inserting an optional module into the MDC2 expansion slot on the rear panel.
• Retro design elements include front-panel VU meters, push-button input controls, 1970s cursive branding, walnut-finished vinyl-clad cabinet, and dark grey front panel
• Hybrid Digital UcD Amplifier
• Continuous Power: 100 Watts per channel into 8/4 ohms
• Instantaneous Power: 135 Watts per channel
• Vanishingly low harmonic and intermodulation distortion
• MDC2 port for expanded functionality
• Optional MDC2 BluOS-D module adds BluOS high-resolution multi-room music streaming and Dirac Live room correction
• High-performance TI PCM5242 differential DAC
• Ultra-low-noise MM phono stage with infrasonic filtering circuitry
• One optical, one coaxial digital input
• Pre-amp out / Main-in connections
• HDMI-eARC input
• One set of line-level analogue inputs with low-noise buffer amplifiers
• Speaker A/Speaker B outputs • Subwoofer output
• Dedicated headphone amplifier
• IR remote control
Continuous output power into 8 ohms and 4 ohms 100W (ref. 20 Hz-20 kHz at rated THD, both channels driven)
THD (20 Hz – 20 kHz) <0.03% (250 mW to 100 W, 8 ohms and 4 ohms)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio >95dB (A-weighted, 500 mV input, ref. 1 W out in 8 ohms) Clipping power >115 W (at 1 kHz 0.1 % THD)
IHF dynamic power 8 ohms: 180 W, 4 ohms: 250 W, 2 ohms: 300 W
Peak output current >20A (in 1 ohm, 1 ms)
Frequency response ±0.3 dB (20 Hz - 20 kHz)
Channel separation >75dB (1 kHz) >70dB (10 kHz) Input sensitivity (for 100 W in 8 ohms) 540 mV Digital: -6dBFS
Power consumption at Auto Standby ON 0.5 W*
Gross dimensions (W x H x D)*** 447 x 127 (height, including feet) x 335mm (depth, including rear speaker terminal and front knob) (17 5/8 x 5 x 13 3/16 inches)
Net weight 10 kg (22 lbs)
Shipping weight 12.6 kg (27.8 lbs
